Hay and grain rack.



No. 845,832. PATENTED MAR. 5, 1907. A WEAVER HAY AND GRAIN RACK. APPLIOA'IION FILED MAR. 31, 1906.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AMOS WEAVER, OF KEOTA, IOWA.

HAY AND GRAIN RACK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 5, 1907.

Application filed March 31, 1906. Serial No- 309.13%

called basket-rack which shall be simple,

capacious, and useful for the transportation of hay, grain, either bound or unbound, and like material and which may be conveniently assembled or disassembled.

Further objects of the invention are to simplify and improve the construction and operation of this class of devices.

With these and other ends in view, which will readily appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same con sists in the improved construction and novel arrangement and combination of parts, which will be hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings has been illustrated a simple and preferred form of the invention, it being, however,understood that no limitation is necessarily made to the pre cise structural details therein exhibited, but that changes, alterations, and modifications within the scope of the invention may be made when desired.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a rack constructed in accordance with the principles of the invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional detail view taken through one end of the rack. Figs. 1 and 5 are detailed views illustrating modifications. Fig. 6 is a detail view illustrating another modification.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are indicated throughout by similar characters of reference.

1 1 represent the sills, and 2 2 the crossbars, of an ordinary hay or grain rack, which is adapted to be supported in the usual manner upon a running-gear. The cross-bars 2 2 support the longitudinal flooring-strips 3 3.

The side members S S of the improved basket-rack are each constructed of a plurality of longitudinal strips 4 4:, secured upon and connected by stakes 5 5. The end members E E are in like manner constructed of strips 6 6, secured upon and connected by stakes 7 7. It is preferred to make the said side and end members sufficiently light to enable them to be manipulated by one person.

Under the construction illustratedin Figs. 1, 2, and 3 of the drawings the stakes 5 of the side members are provided upon their inner sides at their lower ends with hook members consisting of fiat plates 8, having inturned terminal hooks 9, adapted to engage staples 10, the limbs of which extend through apertures in the strips 3 at the outer sides of the rack and straddle the cross-bars 2 2, upon which latter they are secured by means of cl amping-plates or clip-plates 11 and nuts12. The staples 10 are spaced from the outer edges of the longitudinal strips 3 a distance which is equal to the thickness of the stakes v5, which latter are out off obliquely at their lower ends, which abut upon the strips 3 directly above the cross-bars 2, the obliquity being sufficient to give to the side members the requisite outward tilt, as clearly seen in Figs. 1 and 2.

Upon the outer sides or faces of the stakes 7 of the end members E there are secured flat metallic plates 13, provided at their lower ends with terminal upturned hooks 14, adapted to engage staples 15, the limbs of which have angular bends 16 extending through longitudinal strips 3 3 near the ends of the latter and secured as, by means of clip-plates 17 and nuts 18. The lower extremities of the stakes 7 abut upon the strips 3 above the cross-bars 2 at the ends of the latter, whereby a firm support will be afforded for the stakes of the end members.

The end members E E of the device are adapted to abut eXteriorly upon the front and rear edges of the side members, as will be clearly seen in Fig. 1 of the drawings, and said end members are provided with straps 19, having slots 20 engaging staples 21-upon the side members, said'staples being engaged by pivoted books 22, whereby the parts are detachably assembled.

A boom-ladder 23 is pivotally mounted between the sills at one end of the rack.

From the foregoing description, taken in are simply laid flat upon the bottom oi the,

rack, and the hooks 9 are brought into registry with the staples 10, after which the side members are shoved or pushed in an inward direction to place the hooks in engagement with the staples, when the free ends of the side members may be readily lifted or elevated. The end members are then hooked upon the staples 15, after which their free ends are elevated and connected with the side members. Owing to the peculiar construction, as herein described, it is not necessary to hold the side members suspended while endeavoring to bring the hooks connected therewith into registry with the staples, and the device may for this reason be easily assembled or disassembled by one per son without assistance; The end members E E are comparatively light and require to be lifted only a short distance from the ground before the hooks 14 may be engaged with the staples 15.

In place of the flat plates 8 and 13, forming the hook members 9 and 14, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, hooks, as 24 and 25, formed of round iron, may be used, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, respectively, the formation of the staples (here designated 26 and 27) being correspondingly modified. I also desire to reserve the right to reverse the location of the hooks and staples, connecting staples with the side and end members and hooks with the body of the rack, such permutation being considered to be within the scope of the invcntion. I also reserve the right to such other changes of a mechanical nature as come clearly within the scope of the invention and may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing the advantages of the same.

Another modification (illustrated in Fig. 6 of the drawings) consists in substituting for the staples 15 at the ends of the longitudinal strips 3 plates 15 having upturned flanges 15 provided with slots 15 for engagement with the hooks 14, formed upon the plates 13, that are secured to the end members, said plates 15 being secured upon the longitudinal strips 3, as by means of bolts 15 16, which latter may extend through the cross-v bars 2.

The side and end members of the device may be boarded up solid, and a tight bottom may be provided for the device, which may thus be utilized as a header-box for transporting headed' grain and like material.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is- 1. In a device of the class described, a body having cross-bars and longitudinal strips supported thereon, staples having limbs extending through the longitudinal strips at the side of the body straddling the cross-bars and clipped upon the latter, side members having stakes abutting at their ends upon the horizontal strips above the cross-bars, inturned hooks on the inner faces of the members arranged to engage the said staples by an upward and outward movement, staples connected with the longitudinal strips at the ends thereof and having horizontal portions projecting over the said ends, end members having stakes adapted to abut at their lower extremities upon the longitudinal strips above the cross-bars at the ends of the body, outturned hooks secured upon the outer faces of the stakes of the end members and adapted to engage the last-mentioned staples by an upward and inward movement, and means carried by the end members for connecting the side members thereto.

2. In a device of the class described, a body having cross-bars and longitudinal strips, side members connected hingedly and detachably with the body said side members being adapted to swing in an inward direction and having stakes adapted to abut upon the longitudinal strips of the body above the cross bars, and end members connected hingedly and detachably with the body said end members being adapted to swing in an outward direction and having stakes adapted to abut upon the longitudinal strips upon the cross-bars of the body, and said end members being adapted to abut eXteriorly upon the front and rear edges of the side members; and means for detachably connecting the end members with the side members, said means comprising hasps rigidly mounted on the end members, staples on the side members and arranged to engage the hasps by an outward movement of the side members, and keys associated with the staples for securing the hasps thereto.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afIiXed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

AMOS WEAVER.

Vvitnesses J W. STEWART, C. A. LAcEY. 

